GP Educator (PCME)

NHS England; Manchester; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS England is seeking a GP Programme and Postgraduate School educator to deliver quality assured education aligned with the GP curriculum. The role involves group-based learning, mapping to NHSE standards, and working with the Training Programme Director to ensure sessions meet learner needs.

The postholder will facilitate sessions for ST1–ST3 learners, develop teaching plans, gather evidence for e-portfolios, and manage assessments and attendance while reporting to the Programme Director.

Qualifications

• RCGP GP curriculum familiarity and alignment
• Experience delivering group education programmes
• Ability to map teaching to GMC/NHSE standards

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver balanced learning opportunities for Resident Doctors (ST1–ST3)
• Develop teaching plans and map sessions to the curriculum
• Record assessments and maintain evidence in e-portfolios
• Collect and share evaluations with Programme Director to improve the programme
• Identify concerns about learners and support plans to address them
• Provide accurate costings for the teaching programme and manage attendance

Skills

Group learning facilitation

Curriculum mapping

Education program development

Stakeholder engagement

Education

GMC GP Register

Post-CCT GP practical experience

Tools

Electronic Staff Record (ESR)

Job description

The GP PCME is responsible for delivery of quality assured education at Programme and Postgraduate School of General Practice levels.

The education will be group based and will be mapped against the curriculum and the needs of the learners.

The postholder will work with the Training Programme Director and other lead educators across the Programme to ensure that each learning experience meets the NHSE standards for training across the Bolton GP Programme

The successful candidate will ensure that the organisation of the group learning will be flexible enough to meet the requirements of the learners in their different stages of development and settings.

The post holder is expected to be on the GMC GP Register with a minimum of one year’s experience in general practice post-CCT.

• To support the TPD and other PCMEs to plan and deliver a balanced programme with a range of learning opportunities for Resident Doctors to achieve the requirements of the RCGP GP Curriculum
• To Develop and facilitate group learning opportunities to meet the needs of a balanced local programme, local Academy or the PGSGP
• To deliver group learning opportunities to all programme learners at ST1, ST2 and ST3 levels
• To provide teaching plans for the sessions to enable accurate mapping against the curriculum
• To create opportunities for the learners to gather evidence of learning for their e-portfolio
• To record assessments made
• To collect evaluations of teaching sessions and share with the Programme Director and other PCMEs where appropriate and use to develop the programme
• To identify any areas of concern regarding learners and to report to the Programme Director and to support the Programme Director in delivery of plans to address concerns.
• To provide the Programme Director with accurate costings for the teaching programme
• To maintain an attendance register and support the TPD in attendance management of Resident Doctors.

NHS England has a wide range of statutory functions, responsibilities and regulatory powers. These are focused on supporting the wider NHS to deliver high quality care, as well as doing those things that are best done once for the whole NHS.

Our staff bring expertise across clinical, operational, commissioning, technology, data science, cyber security, software engineering, education, and commercial specialisms — enabling us to design and deliver high-quality NHS services.

In March 2025, the Government announced that NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care will increasingly merge functions, ultimately leading to NHS England being fully integrated into the department.

If you currently work within the NHS and if successful at interview, we will initiate an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR). This retrieves key data from your current or previous NHS employer to support onboarding, including competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You may opt out at any stage of the process.

Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in our offices.

Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.

We cannot offer visa sponsorship for any vacancies.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Alison Caldwell Job title: Head of GP School Email address: [e-mail]